Another Tincture Thread - Try it, You'll like it

Thats a good idea i will gift it 2 a friend, before i do that, i will do a slow reduction of a portion of it 2 confirm whats what. I will share the results it might save someone else from the same mistakes at least. Im curious if anyone has made the same mistake on here, and if they redeemed it? Its stands to reason that a longer soak should help a little?

I understand that all the jollies wont dissolve in a 43% vodka, so I think I will freeze the strained plant material after this run and go again at higher proof next time (Ive read elsewhere that even with everclear a 2nd run is worth it).

 

Parts A & B well frozen

Combine and shake well.. 10 seconds is all I do.
All the Trichome heads were melted open in the first few seconds of contact and the Cannabinoids are in suspension. Longer gets you more Chlorophyll and plant waxes and doesn't improve the stone any,


1 inch of wet weed at a time is about all the potato ricer will press

Run back in the bottle through our trusty 160 micron mesh it's good to go. I work outside as this will stain anything it touches and I've long been banned from the house with my sticky, smelly, Canna works.

This is a 3/4 full quart jar of medium grind Decarbed Buds and not trim-fans.
A full fifth of 151 Everclear. It's just enough Alcohol to agitate the plant material when shaken.
Vodka done at this ratio of weed to booze will give a respectable Tincture make no mistake and think it won't extract..
Strain it now as it won't get any stronger and discard the weed . It's long useless.
I'll get back about 500ml of the 750ml (Fifth) of 151proof I started with.

Try an Eyedroppers worth in the mouth.
If you can't take the burn dilute it with 50% water and try again until you can swish it around like mouthwash for 30 seconds before swallowing.
Wait 10 minutes
If not stoned
Repeat and take 2 eyedroppers worth
Wait 10 minutes
Take 4 eyedroppers worth and wait again.

Keep doubling until it works.

Even a single ounce of alcohol ( Shot or Beer) will make me miserable the next day but in tiny amounts below 1/2 a shot it doesn't seem to affect me. As long as the tincture is strong enough I'm safe enough to use it as medication.
It has advantages as it's speed of effects is equal to smoking for me. If I'm in pain I don't want to wait 45 minutes for an oil based medication to take effect. Alcohol will start working in under 3 minutes for me. It just doesn't have the staying power of an oil on my issue.

If you have to avoid all contact then you'll want to take the solvent transfer route and infuse an oil and evap the Alcohol.

BNW

 

Thanks I will try this method next time around, really appreciate the pics and details. For this run I have just over 2oz buds decarbed into 1.2l of 43% vodka (just enough to cover the bud) Im thinking to keep 200ml as is and then reduce the majority right down to about 1/5 volume. This reduction is drastic and will remove most of the alcohol so I figure keep a little back and then recombine with what I saved. Im hopeful there will be some value to the finished product in terms of strength, although I appreciate the volume will be small (im hoping it will all recombine with a good shake). If this is hairbrained lol at least I will learn from it ;-)

 

Unless your going to take it all the way down to RSO grade tar it's best to use low proof tincture as it is. It won't take much reduction before the cannabinoids start to collect as oily black specks and by then it's to late.

Just a heads up what to watch for. I've worked in 151 and a run or two of 100proof when that was all I could get.
You get real tired of fighting water working in low proof Alcohol based Tinctures. Now this state only sells 120 proof and it's stupid expensive.

BNW

 

Instead of coconut oil, I think I'll try capric/caprylic triglycerides. It's safe to eat and I have some in my lab.

 

Thanks for your replies and advice its been helpful. Ive done a deep dive on this and been reading all day fascinating stuff!
Well Ive decided to go ahead and reduce the solution after a week of steeping at room temp, I used a very low heat over 3 hours in a water bath and got it down to 50% ( I stopped at the point I could see specks precipitating out. After it cooled and filtered I combined about 400ml of reduction with 200ml of original tincture (still need some preservative alcohol). Just had a taste it's delightful, the alcohol level is noticeable, but doesn't burn i'm guessing its around 5% abv now. Well Im sat here nicely buzzed off of 10ml so im sold on tinctures! In this new Covid era im giving my lungs a rest and going to switch to tincture going forward.
Although this method had not been at all efficient this time, its "proof" that using 43% alcohol will work to a degree, but requires more / higher quality material and a reduction at the end to concentrate it. Time to improve technique and then use some of these superb recipes on here, the start of an interesting journey!

 

Here's another thought. I've made chocolate before now, it's easy. Basically if you want say 80% solids you weigh out the cocoa powder (80g) and cocoa butter (20g), melt the butter, add the cocoa, combine and put in a mould in the refri. So just add decarbed herb to the cocoa butter. That should do it.

 

That sounds good. I am definitely going to try this. I think I still have about 1Kg of cocoa butter, and I'm close to harvest.

 

I tried the capric/caprylic triglycerides idea. Just as well I only experimented with a small amount. It tastes disgusting. Honestly I cannot recommend it.

 

Maybe a repetitive question of me, but why use large quantities of alcohol and evaporate after to concentrate instead of grinding it to powder and use much less quantity of alcohol?

For example - I use 70ml of alcohol for 10grams of powdered weed. I finish with 50ml of pretty concentrated tincture.

Are there any advantages of using more alcohol and evaporating after to concentrate?

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Hi Sam
This is a hash rosin raspberry lemonade from the festival


I can make the lemon base for the lemonade by flavoring the simple syrup I make during the prep for the infusion
Do the infusion and then add the raspberry flavor
Think the fluidity will be the same but the cannabis oil will be dispersed and should stay that way
What I am unsure of is the material on the surface of the lemonade in the pic
Is this psychoactive material or just meaningless sediment?
Any opinion appreciated

Obviously we have to do a hash rosin raspberry lemonade
Have a bit if rosin to spare

 

Honestly I did not notice any sediment when I bought it
It has been sitting for a couple of weeks and needed to be used

It looked like the cannabis had separated but I do not have a lot of experience with commercial infused liquid

The bottled syrup I bought looks interestingly familiar.......
He has been making it for a couple of months


It is advertised as a nano emulsion
I may go ahead and get the homogenizer with sonication just to take this the final step
I think folks are right and the absorption is increased significantly
Also would like to mix oils to see what happens

Got clobbered on the compote for it NOT being a compote until I explained
I strip down recipes, including the base recipes, to make them more versatile
This particular "compote" recipe can have the apples added immediately or you can hold off and add apples at your leisure
The absence of butter allows the syrup part to be used in drinks or solid edibles
The syrup with butter when dropped into a beverage with ice tends to separate, solidify and float
You can have a traditional compote with the syrup (directions a few pages back) but it limits it to solid edibles
It just might be a case of using the right emulsifier to make things hold together but its asking a lot of an emulsifier to disperse and hold in suspension a fat or oil in cold with ice

Still need to explore the interaction between the gums and oil/fat


May opt for this instead of the boxed homogenizer
About half the price and probably better suited for my needs

 

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